Ideas, interests and foreign aid
Why do countries give foreign aid? Although many countries have official development assistance programs, this book argues that no two of them see the purpose of these programmes in the same way. Moreover, the way countries frame that purpose has shaped aid policy choices past and present. The autho...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2011
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in international relations
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The many uses of foreign aid
- 2. One policy, multiple goals: framing and foreign aid
- 3. Debates about aid: contents and patterns
- 4. Aid frames: origins and evolution
- 5. The administration of aid policy
- 6. The generosity contest: determinants of aid volume
- 7. The popularity contest: selecting the recipients of aid
- 8. Conclusion: frames and policy
- Appendix A. Legislative debates coded
- Appendix B. Debate coding examples
- Appendix C. Aid allocation: data and sources